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Keep aquariums healthy and thriving with beneficial bacteria additives, freshwater buffers, and vitamins, all from the top brands in aquarium care supplies.

For an outstanding value on premier live nitrifying bacteria, we recommend Drs. Foster and Smith Live Nitrifying Bacteria. Use this multipurpose bacterial additive to quickly establish biological filtration in new aquariums or maintain efficient biological filtration in established freshwater or marine aquariums. Made in the USA.
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Water conditioners like Nutrafin AquaPlus neutralize chlorine, chloramines and heavy metals. Yes, that is important but not the only reason for using RO water. One reason for using RO water is to make sure you are starting from scratch and then adding elements back to the water with your salt mix. If you are talking about using water to top up the aquarium. I would use RO water and then add a buffer to make sure you are not reducing alkalinity or KH, you could also use Kalwasser/ calcium hydroxide. With a small nano tank buying RO water is not that expensive or much of a hassle. Although I would probably invest in a RO unit. Hope this helps!Scott

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I don't know if they change these but if its the yellow one with blue spots and a black and blue belly..that is a species of Leopard Wrasse ..cant give you the exact name because theres like 20 different species..but atleast now you have a place to start

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Thank you for your question. The best way to remove or eliminate any kind of algae from your aquarium is finding out what is causing it. With any kind of algae it is normally caused by lighting, over feeding, high nutrients and poor water quality. We would only recommend having your lights on for 8-10 hours per day, any longer can lead to algae growth. You would only want to feed your fish once a day or even once every other day, as they do not need to eat every day. The more you feed the more waste they produce, which caused the excess nutrients and fish waste in the aquarium. You also want to make sure that you are doing regular water changes. Either 10% weekly or 20% every two weeks, as this will help maintain proper water parameters. You would also want to make sure that you are testing your water parameters to make sure they are within range. Also scraping the glass will help as well. Anytime you remove algae from your glass or other surfaces you want to siphon it out right away, as it will spread.

After you have done the above and you still have algae growth, please feel free to contact us back via email at customerservice@drsfostersmith.com

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